Harvester



Jan. 2, 1923.

W. BKSTONE HARVESTER FILED OcY. 14. .1920.

wanna B. s'roivn, or OAKPARK; rrrirnorsr HAEVESTER;

Application filed. October 14, 1920. Serial No. 16,973."

To all whom it may C'OG-Z'CHTWJ Be itlrnown that 1 hree B. STONE, cit

k, in the county of (look and Estate of inois, have invented a certain new and el improvement in Harvesters, of which following is a full clear concise and meet description.

h l invention relates to harvesters which nection with a machine of this class that employs a gathering element in the form of of a rotating body which is ribbed longitudinally of its axis ofrotation, there being another body between which and. the. said rotating body plants or stalks may be confined as the machine is traveling through the field. This other body is also a rotating body similar to the first mentioned rotatingbody and i similarly provlded with ribs.

These ribs serve to engage the ears of corn, the cotton bolls or other .plant product which is to be removed, and transfer the re moved product to suitable conveying mechanism located alongside and longitudinally of the rollers. which is or" any suitable form, is located close'beside the rolls, the ribs being prefer ably withdrawn to their farthest extent within the rollers' when opposite the con-. veyers in order that theproduct removed bythe-ribs may readily drop upon the coners. -The ribs upon each cylinder, as. the cylinders are rotated, interleave or 1ntermesh with the ribs upon the companion cyl- 40 inder so that the plant product that is being removed is forced to come into contact with the gathering rlbs, whereby there'moval ot the maximum quantity of plant product is assured.

on of the United Ldtates, residing at Oak are employed for the purpose of harvesting corn in the ear and removing cotton bOllS. lily invention is of particular service in con- The conveying mechanisnn;

veyers from the rollers without liability of falling betweenthe conveyors andthe roll- The machine above generally described] to which my invention isfwell adapted s when the. bolls are in a drystate, the receiving capacity or". the conveyer belts, being...

least at their lower ends. where'th'ez'yzturnf.

I overcome the difficult] by einploying chute "clements such as plates or. aprons, which.

th ys belts we reinand whlch serve to direct-the product fall! mg toward the lower ends. ofthe belt upon flatportions of the upwardly moving top. conveying stretches of the belt.

I will explain my invention morefullyjf by reference to the accompanying drawing.)

showing enough of the machine of the aforesaid patent to enable theillustratio'n of the adaptation of my invention thereto. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation'of such a. machine; Fig. 2 is a viewon a;

larger scaleof a portion of theiront and:

lower portion (01 the machine. illustrated in Fig. 1; and Fig.3 is a plan view of-aportion of the machine at its'tr'ont end. v

Like parts are indicated by siinilarchar acters of reference throughout the. different" 'figures.

The machine desirably. 'includesbut two traction wheels 1 that are'freeto rotate tipon the main shaft 2 in so far as such rotation will be permittedbywell known clutching devices which needv not be illustrated Sprocket chains 4 d are'driven by the traction wheels when the harvester is moving forward'either in a curved or straight line and are not driven when the rotation of" the traction wheels is reversed, as set forth in the aforesaid patent. These sprocket chains are insuitable driving: relation with a spur .gear 5 by instrumentalitiesJwhich are illustrated in a general jwayland which" are so well understood by' those skilled in the art as to require no detailed description or illustration. The spur-gear driv'esanother spur gear 6 that. is inmeshtherewith, and the spur gear 6 in turn; drives bevel gears 7 that are preferably integrally;

formed therewith. The bevel gears 7' are. in mesh with bevel pinions S fixed with re spect to the cylindrical. rollers'9,"all as set forth in said patent.

Four. longitudinal. ribs 12, spaofed190 apart and preferably arranged as set forth in said patent, extend from the'rollers or cylinders 9. The ribs of each roller are in interleaving or intermeshing relation with the ribs of the other rollerfassetiorth in" said patent, wherebythe ribs of one roller are brought into opposition with the cyli'n drical portions of the other rollers when occupying insetting horizontal positions. Where therollers are close enough together, the ribs desirably project more than halt way across the space intervening between the rollers so as to insure thecontact of all the plant products that are: to be removed by the ribs. It will be observed that the cylindrical portion oi each roller acts as a presented to it, rather than in direct cosirably lying in substantially the same plane operation with a rib upon the companion roller, whereby the plant products are not pinched but I do not wish to be limited to this relative arrangement of the ribs. The conveyers 14 may be of any suitable formation, the common form of endlessbelt con veyers being ,illustrated in the drawing, these belt conveyors being driven by a sprocket chain 15. The plant products discharged upon the belt conveyors are conveyed upwardly and are discharged from the belt conve ers into a suitable rece tacle y 17. These belt conveyers are parallel with the rollers, the upper stretches thereof dethat includes the axes of the rollers. By

inclining the rollers downwardly, plant products at diii'erent heights upon the plants are brought into contact-with the gathering ribs 12. The machine 1S provided with two directing fenders 18 at its forward end,

whereby the plants are. gathered laterally and are guided thereby into the space between the rollers. These atherin fenders are provided with a yoke 19 at their rear, through the opening in which the plants are passed, the top of the yoke pressing the taller plants into proper positions to be operate'dupon by the rollers. The shaft 2 or the machine is located in front of the gearing and serves further to depress the plants to insure the engagement of their products by the gathering ribs and to prevent the plants from becoming entangled in the roller op erating gearing located to the rear of said shaft. Supplemental ribs 20 upon the bottoms of the rollers. and in the same planes with the ribs 12 serve to gather the plant portions that are upon the grounu, these supplemental ribs desirably sloping forwardly toward the axes of the rollers so that they may lie parallel with the ground when in their lowermost positions.

- vention.

Hitherto plant products were apt to accumulate above the lower bights of the conveyors and become clogged at this point,the cross cleats 14 upon the conveyors having less carrying capacity upon these bights. l shield the spaces between cleats upon the lower bights to the conveyers by means of the chute elements 18 that overlie the lower bights of the conveyers and which are in position to receive plant portions cast from the rollers. These chute elements serve to prevent or to reduce the lodgrnent of the gathered product upon the lower bight portions of. the conveyers and to direct such product upon the straight portions of the upper stretches of the belts. These chute elements are preferably in the nature of aprons which are in substantially fixed position, being desirably bolted upon the tenders 18. The invention, however, is not to be limited to any particular form of chute structure to accomplish the object of my in- The machine may be equipped with a draft tongue 21jso as to permit it to be drawn by a pair of horses, a seat 22 being disposed upon the vehicle for the driver.

T hile l have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention. ll do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without de-' parting from the spirit of my invention, but laying thus described my invention ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the tollowingz- 1. A'harvesting machine including an inclined plant product gathering roller; an endless conveyer arranged along side of said roller to be in a position to receive'plant product from the roller; and a chute element overlying the lower bight of the conveyer and also in position to receive plant product from the roller and serving to direct such plant product away trom'the lower bight of the conveyer and upon the adjacent fiat portion of the top stretch of the conveyer.

2. A harvesting machine including two inclined plant product gathering rollers provided with ribs extending along the'same, these rollers being arranged to permit the plants to pass therebetween to permit the ribs to engage the plant products and re move the same from the plants mechanism for causing the rollers to rotate in opposite directions with the upper portions of the i rollers moving away from each other, said ril intermeshing or interleaving as the rollers rotate, the body portion of each roller being close to the nearest rib upon the other roller whereby the said body portion atfcrds a resisting portion against which the rib that is in the act of removing plant products press the plants; endless conveyers located in close proximlty to the rollers;

and chute elements overlying the lower bights of the conveyors and also in position to receive plant products from the rollers and serving to direct such plant products.

veyer arranged along side or said roller to bein a position to receive plant product from the roller; and a chute element overlying the lower bight of the conveyor and also in position to receive plant product from the roller and serving to direct such plant product away from the lower bight of the conveyer and upon the adjacent fiat portion of the top stretch of the conveyer.

at. A harvesting machine including two plant product gathering rollers provided with ribs extending along the same, these rollers being arranged to permit the plants to pass therebetween to permit the ribs to engage the plant products and remove the same from the plants; mechanism for causing the rollers to rotate in opposite directions with the upper portions of the rollers moving away from each other, said ribs intermeshing or interviewing as the rollers r0 tate, the body portion of each roller being close to the nearest rib upon the other roller whereby the said body portion afiords a resisting portion against which the rib that 1 is in the act of removing plant products may press the plants; endless conveyors located 111 close proximity to the rollers; and chute elements overlying the lower bights of the conveyors and also in position to receive plant products from the rollers and serving to direct such plant products away from the lower bights of the conveyors and upon the adjacent fiat portions of the top stretches of the conveyers.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 12th day of October, A. D. 1920.

WALDO B. STONE. 

